Police haven’t pinned responsibility on anyone yet for the alleged
“hate crimes” against gays in New York, but “Social Justice Activist” Murray
Lipp has already
decided who’s to blame for the violence: religion, patriarchal society, and
too many straight people.

So just what does Lipp want to throw out the window? For
Lipp, the “root causes” of violence are “religion, patriarchy and
heterosexism.”

Faith was first to come under fire from the HuffPo writer.
He ragged on the Catholic Church for the “demonization” of gays “under the veil
of religion.” Claiming the Church preached “messages of hate and
intolerance,” he insisted that faiths with traditional beliefs should be
“exposed for … causing homophobic violence.” He decried their “toxic
anti-gay religious messages” and their “warped and negative views about LGBT
people” as “infecting” young minds and leading them to anti-gay hostility.

Lipp gave little thought to the reasons behind religious
beliefs; he appeared to classify all that under “the guise of religion.” To
Lipp, real religion seems to mean being pro-gay, and anything else is just
“toxic” in his eyes. But he wasn’t quite content with pro-gay religion;
it looks more like he was after the deconstruction – or disappearance – of
religion as we know it. What he really wants, he admitted, is “freedom from
religion.” Take traditional churches out of the picture, and battle for
gay-marriage would be practically won.

Patriarchy was next in line for Lipp’s firing squad, but
even more disturbing was Lipp’s frontal attack on … straight folks. In
Lipp’s eyes, society is just too heterosexual; the viewpoint that being
straight is good and normal is far too “ingrained culturally and
institutionally” for Lipp’s taste. He spent several paragraphs complaining that
society sees heterosexuality as “the primary and most acceptable orientation.”

One might wonder how Lipp proposes that society stop being
so darn heterosexual when – by his own account – only about 5-10 percent of the
population is actually gay. (Apparently it never crossed his mind that, since
at least 90 percent or more of folks are heterosexual, maybe it is the “primary” orientation.)
“Heterosexual cultural imagery,” he argued, “lays the foundation for homophobia
to flourish.” So, let’s fight heterosexual leanings, he declared: “There
must be ongoing and consistent efforts to challenge the heterosexism that
pervades almost all societal institutions.”

Lipp rounded off his rant by calling on pro-gay supporters
to counteract the “the roles that religion, patriarchy and heterosexism play in
the ... fueling of homophobic messages about gay people.” “Together we can
defeat the forces of hate,” he gushed.

Perhaps Lipp can find comfort in the fact that he has lots
of entertainment
and news
media – and now, the
Boy Scouts – on his side. Still, for a guy who spends his time condemning
“hate,” Lipp is pretty hateful towards anything and everything with traditional
views on marriage and sexuality. Here’s hoping that he’ll take a breath in his
raving just long enough to notice the hostility echoing in his own words.

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